Commentary

FOR THE PAST DECADE, Congress and the White House have looked for ways to commercialize technologies

Doubt that the Uruguay Round is in trouble? Consider this response from a senior U.S. administration

WITH FIVE TIMES MORE CARS per square mile than most industrialized nations, Holland has a horrific t

FEDERALLY LICENSED SHIP PILOTS ARE SAFEThe American Institute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS), w

When British Prime Minister John Major offered Conservative Party Chairman Chris Patten the job of g

THE FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up in 1988 begin a long legal battle i

Economic expansion in the United States, powered by gains in productivity and explosive short-term i

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl received a message this month he wasn't expecting. His ruling Christia

THE U.S. CATTLE INDUSTRY, already hit by a drop in consumption because of popular concern over fat i

Finland's decision on March 18 to make itself the third member of the European Free Trade Associatio

KASTEN-DANFORTH BILL SHOULD BE STOPPEDYour April 21 editorial, "Product Liability," was disa

"This is the final - I repeat - the final week of the Uruguay Round. There will be no extension. The

While the big New World Order is gestating, progress toward a mini-version is taking place in the re

WHEN THE 12 MEMBER STATES of the European Community put their commitment for monetary and political

WORLDWIDE PRESSURE ON JAPAN to limit its exports continues to mount. Last week Tokyo did for

It is generally wise to be cautious when describing events as "crucial" or ''critical." On Wednesday

The United States is edging closer to agreements with Taiwan and Japan to renew, but phase out, thei

HOW SAFE ARE TRUCK DRIVERS? Safer, it seems, than they've been, but not as safe as they're likely to

In spite of successful economic reforms, guerrilla warfare in Colombia is escalating and the energy

"I got plenty o' nuttin' and nuttin's plenty for me." Ira Gershwin, "Porgy and Bess" * * * *

AS EACH DAY PASSES, the chance that anything useful will come from June's Earth Summit seems unlikel

Thanks in part to statesmanlike pressure from former President Nixon, President Bush has finally ann

The headline on a weekend Washington Post article was intriguing: "The 'Silent Service' Surfaces, Re

With his April 5 coup suspending the constitution and democratic processes, Peruvian President Alber

STATE PILOT SYSTEM SHOULD BE CHANGEDThanks for your April 15 editorial, "Freeing the Tiller"

THERE SEEMS NO END to the havoc that bankrupt trucking companies can cause their former customers.

CONGRESS SHOULD MOVE PROMPTLY to change a 1990 aviation law that forcesairports to use Ameri

PRESIDENT BUSH and Jacques Delors, president of the European Community's Executive Commission, meet

Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady has a problem. It's an election year, the country is in a slump th

Distribution of income - who gets what in American society - will be a key issue in the presidential

At first glance, it hardly seems the sort of thing that would trouble Japan's economic and legal com

the words alone convey an image of corporate giants slashing prices to destroy competitors and punis

A long-overdue antitrust reform bill, S. 479, passed the Senate on Feb. 27. The House soon could pas

When it comes to U.S. trade policy, it's appropriate to ask, "What is in the best interests of the U

THE UNITED STATES POSTED a $12.7 billion trade deficit with China last year, but that's not to say s

DON'T WORRY: IT'S JUST BEAN COUNTINGAbsence of consensus on maritime policy might well be th

AFTER A DECADE OF MUCH-NEEDED REVISION, a bill setting nationwide standards for product liability la

Once the scorn of consumer advocates and environmentalists, electric utilities have emerged as key i

AMERICA'S WOOD WAR WITH CANADA has gone on long enough. Instead of wrestling over Canadian lumber su

America's real long-term problem is simple. It does not know how to run a bank. In the annals of ban